Nicholas Negroponte’s anger at Intel and Microsoft seems completely misguided. His non-profit basically forced these corporate giants to create computing solutions for the poor, a market they largely ignored before Mr. Negroponte’s One Laptop Per Child project. Mr. Negroponte should feel proud of his achievement. He humbled Microsoft into creating a $3 version of Windows and Office. This is great news for the Third World.

It’s a nuanced argument. I’ll be curious to hear what people think of Taylor’s assessment. Read the rest of the letters to the WSJ here.